Appropriate, timely referral to palliative care services: A name change will not help

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2055-

  Milne, Donna ^a,b   Jefford, Michael ^a,b   Schofield, Penelope ^a,b   Aranda, Sanchia ^a,b,c  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Cancer Institute New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEOPLASM; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; SOCIAL ISOLATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84880672909     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.48.4493     Document Type: Letter

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